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74. If people are eshewing rural life

Fri Jan 2, 2015, 05:40 AM

Jan 2015

which I have heard for a long time, who will provide the food? Is there any national conversation about that? How about the inadvertent destruction of the family and who will take care of the old? Tragic when people think it will be the state because that's not a substitute for being cared for and loved. Though I don't know much about Japan, I'd heard (and was mentioned here) they had a tradition of extended family living together and reverence for elders. What do Japanese think about losing something traditional and important, or do they they think about it all?

Very interesting reading all of you who live or have lived in Japan. Many of these problems sure aren't unique to Japan but they seem to be more extreme there (at least according to what's being discussed here).

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I didn't read her comments. nt Bonobo Jan 2015 #84

Thank you for that link, I like it! betsuni Jan 2015 #104

Yes. he's very funny Boreal Jan 2015 #107

Why shouldn't Japan's population contract? Cayenne Jan 2015 #5

Damned right. randome Jan 2015 #16

Have you been to Japan? Boreal Jan 2015 #34

No, Cayenne Jan 2015 #41

127 million Jesus Malverde Jan 2015 #52

No one said the Japanese should Mariana Jan 2015 #79

Any culture that doesn't have a replacement birth rate Boreal Jan 2015 #80

The world should look to them as a example... Lancero Jan 2015 #6

+++ 1,000 +++ n/t RKP5637 Jan 2015 #55

A "healthy economy" is not necessarily one that grows exponentially bhikkhu Jan 2015 #7

The media is constantly pushing this line about the danger of shrinking population while simulta- NewDeal_Dem Jan 2015 #8

The overpopulation myth Boreal Jan 2015 #35

I believe it. And I believe they'd gladly get rid of us as soon as they have enough production NewDeal_Dem Jan 2015 #40

sierra Club and the like? How about some examples instead of the bullshit. HERVEPA Jan 2015 #56

Japan is massively overpopulated LittleBlue Jan 2015 #9

Here is a very good article about why the Japanese are apathetic about sex. RandySF Jan 2015 #11

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Wow that was brutal... yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #13

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I have a friend who is part yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #20

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The Japanese that of to the states are a subset and a bad example to generalize with because there Bonobo Jan 2015 #70

Bonobo san, yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #97

Yes I understand your point. Bonobo Jan 2015 #99

cute couple! yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #106

I would love to visit, but not to stay. Jamastiene Jan 2015 #76

Can't figure out why my fav guitar player Marty Friedman lives there but he does draw a huge crowd. L0oniX Jan 2015 #89

That documentary is about a club in Dotonbori, the most disgusting place in Osaka if not all Japan Bonobo Jan 2015 #53

Well information helps... yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #59

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So many people have told me they want to live in Japan yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #15

I don't even want to visit Tokyo for vacation. RandySF Jan 2015 #37

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Thanks for that. nt Boreal Jan 2015 #42

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Pretty sad and pathetic. L0oniX Jan 2015 #86

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Thanks did not know that treestar Jan 2015 #29

Its strange the transition from urban areas to countryside agricultural areas is abrupt. Jesus Malverde Jan 2015 #33

I blame it on hentai. Silent3 Jan 2015 #18

That dates back to 1814 so no dice with that theory... Jesus Malverde Jan 2015 #21

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Missing from this story is that a Japanese family doesn't work with shitty part time job Jesus Malverde Jan 2015 #19

Hence the phrase... yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #24

The phrase is: Bonobo Jan 2015 #46

Thank you for the correction... yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #47

I'd say the wheels have come off the bus, but I think that is an insult to wheel-less buses. Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #48

It's crazy the confidence with which people say "The problem with Japan is...." Bonobo Jan 2015 #49

By the way, have you seen yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #61

No, but I spend only a tiny fraction of the time here that I used to. nt Bonobo Jan 2015 #62

ah, okay... yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #63

Curious what you think the reason people are not creating Jesus Malverde Jan 2015 #65

I am accepted AND I am a foreigner. Bonobo Jan 2015 #67

Thank you Jesus Malverde Jan 2015 #69

I don't think that it's only an economic problem Kuroneko Jan 2015 #88

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Extremely untrue. Bonobo Jan 2015 #98

And now PM Abe wants to reform education to "instill patriotism in schoolchildren ... betsuni Jan 2015 #101

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to what end? Cayenne Jan 2015 #51

They are having enough kids to support healthy economy. Just not run away capitalist one. on point Jan 2015 #28

Hear, hear! smirkymonkey Jan 2015 #54

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The foreign women i know who teach at universities in Japan betsuni Jan 2015 #45

I agree with your observations about rural/urban. Bonobo Jan 2015 #50

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Close your eyes and think of Japan betsuni Jan 2015 #77

heh Jesus Malverde Jan 2015 #82

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